Indian National Lok Dal president Om Prakash Chautala on Friday expelled Dushyant Chautala and Digvijay Singh Chautala from the primary membership of the party with immediate effect for indulging in “indiscipline”.

Mr. Dushyant, who is the INLD MP from the Hisar Lok Sabha seat, has also been removed from the post of leader of the INLD Parliamentary Board.

Mr. Digvijay headed the Indian National Students’ Organisation, the students' wing of INLD, which has already been dissolved.

Both Mr. Dushyant and Mr. Digvijay, who are sons of INLD State secretary general Ajay Singh Chautala, were accused of indulging in indiscipline, hooliganism and spreading disaffection within the party and against the party leadership during the birth anniversary celebrations of Chaudhary Devi Lal at Gohana on October 7.

A statement released by the party said: “Mr. Om Prakash has conveyed to the party office that he did not need any outside evidence as he was a witness to the indiscipline and unruly scenes that continuously interrupted his speech on that day. But still he referred the matter to the disciplinary action committee of the party.”

“The committee has concluded that both are guilty as charged,” said the statement.

The statement said that since Mr. Dushyant and Mr. Digvijay were members of his immediate family, it was not an easy decision for Mr. Om Prakash to take.

‘Party chosen over kin’

It added that Mr. Om Prakash had to make a choice between the party and members of his family, and he had chosen the party and decided to concur with the conclusions of the disciplinary committee.

“Accordingly, he had instructed the party office that his decision be immediately put into effect,” the statement added.